Santa Rosa Plain Santa Rosa Plain Conservation Strategy Conservation Strategy Overview Overview East Alameda County Conservation Strategy East Alameda County Conservation Strategy User Advisory Group Meeting User Advisory Group Meeting May 15, 2008 May 15, 2008 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service California Department of Fish and Game California Department of Fish and Game
California Tiger Salamander California Tiger Salamander
Four Listed Plant Species Four Listed Plant Species Burke’ ’s goldfield, Sebastopol meadowfoam, Sonoma sunshine, s goldfield, Sebastopol meadowfoam, Sonoma sunshine, Burke many- many -flowered navarretia flowered navarretia
Public Input and Peer Review Public Input and Peer Review � Public Meetings May 24, 2004, Sept 12, 2005 Public Meetings May 24, 2004, Sept 12, 2005 � � Peer Review input Fall 2004 Peer Review input Fall 2004 � � Public Meeting and Review of Draft, Sept 2005 Public Meeting and Review of Draft, Sept 2005 � � Final Conservation Strategy, Dec 2005 Final Conservation Strategy, Dec 2005 � � Programmatic Biological Opinion, Nov 2007 Programmatic Biological Opinion, Nov 2007 � � Local Government Implementation Committee On Going Local Government Implementation Committee On Going � Web site – – Web site http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es/santa_rosa_conservation.h www.fws.gov/sacramento/es/santa_rosa_conservation.h http:// tml and and http://ci.santa http://ci.santa- - tml rosa.ca.us/departments/communitydev/boards/SR_Plain_Cons rosa.ca.us/departments/communitydev/boards/SR_Plain_Cons ervation/Pages/default.aspx ervation/Pages/default.aspx
Team Goals Team Goals � Develop a habitat conservation strategy for California Develop a habitat conservation strategy for California � tiger salamander and listed plant species tiger salamander and listed plant species � Identify proposed areas for conservation Identify proposed areas for conservation � � Develop an implementation framework which couples Develop an implementation framework which couples � conservation actions with development related impacts conservation actions with development related impacts � Establish development process predictability Establish development process predictability �
Conservation Strategy Conservation Strategy � Biological framework upon which future regulatory Biological framework upon which future regulatory � actions will be based actions will be based � Biological basis for a permitting process for projects in Biological basis for a permitting process for projects in � the potential range of listed species the potential range of listed species � Provide consistency, timeliness and certainty for Provide consistency, timeliness and certainty for � permitted activities permitted activities � Strategy covers the potential range of species Strategy covers the potential range of species �
Conservation Strategy Conservation Strategy � Establishes interim and long term mitigation requirements Establishes interim and long term mitigation requirements � � Designates conservation areas Designates conservation areas � � Describes how preserves will be established and managed Describes how preserves will be established and managed � � Guidelines translocation, adaptive management and funding Guidelines translocation, adaptive management and funding � � Describes a potential implementation process Describes a potential implementation process �
Conservation Areas Conservation Areas � Known distribution of species Known distribution of species � � Presence of suitable habitat Presence of suitable habitat � � Large blocks of suitable or restorable land Large blocks of suitable or restorable land � � Adjacency to existing preserves Adjacency to existing preserves �
Develop- - Develop ment of ment of the the Strategy, Strategy, Reliance Reliance on GIS on GIS
Data Layers Data Layers � Biological Biological � � Wetlands Wetlands � � Plants Plants � � CTS occurrence CTS occurrence � � Land use Land use � � Property information Property information � � Existing preserves Existing preserves � � Proposed development Proposed development � � Infrastructure Infrastructure �
Preserve Preserve Design Design � Constraints Constraints � � Corridors Corridors � � Future Future � Development Development � Land use Land use � � Existing preserves Existing preserves � � Where the habitat is Where the habitat is � � Where the species Where the species � are are
Plant Plant Distribution Distribution Data used in Data used in Developing Developing the the Conservation Conservation Strategy Strategy
Preserve Establishment Preserve Establishment � Preserve Evaluation Criteria Preserve Evaluation Criteria � � Mitigation Banks Mitigation Banks � � Translocation Translocation � � Habitat Improvement Habitat Improvement � � Management Plans Management Plans � � Preserve Funding Preserve Funding � � Monitoring & Adaptive Management Monitoring & Adaptive Management �
Mitigation Mitigation � Minimization Measures Minimization Measures � � Mitigation Ratios Mitigation Ratios � � Species Fund Species Fund � � Not Likely To Affect Not Likely To Affect � � Linear Projects Linear Projects � � Interim Guidelines Interim Guidelines �
The Santa Rosa Conservation The Santa Rosa Conservation Strategy is a collaborative planning Strategy is a collaborative planning document intended to facilitate the document intended to facilitate the regulatory process and ensure regulatory process and ensure meaningful resource conservation. meaningful resource conservation.
Lessons Learned Lessons Learned � Expedite time frame and improve efficiency Expedite time frame and improve efficiency � with use of consultants and a jurisdiction/ with use of consultants and a jurisdiction/ agency team approach agency team approach � All jurisdictions represented in development of All jurisdictions represented in development of � strategy strategy � Open Stakeholder process improves strategy Open Stakeholder process improves strategy � development development � More public input throughout the development More public input throughout the development � of the Strategy of the Strategy
EACCS Benefits EACCS Benefits � Regional approach to conservation Regional approach to conservation � � Better conservation for listed and special status Better conservation for listed and special status � species (no longer piecemeal) species (no longer piecemeal) � Efficiency in management and acquisition of Efficiency in management and acquisition of � preserves preserves � Streamlined permitting process Streamlined permitting process � � Open dialogue between jurisdictions, Open dialogue between jurisdictions, � stakeholders, and regulatory agencies stakeholders, and regulatory agencies
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